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Covering theory for complexes of groups

Group Theory 2007-10-04 v2

Abstract

We develop an explicit covering theory for complexes of groups, parallel to that developed for graphs of groups by Bass. Given a covering of developable complexes of groups, we construct the induced monomorphism of fundamental groups and isometry of universal covers. We characterize faithful complexes of groups and prove a conjugacy theorem for groups acting freely on polyhedral complexes. We also define an equivalence relation on coverings of complexes of groups, which allows us to construct a bijection between such equivalence classes, and subgroups or overgroups of a fixed lattice Γ\Gamma in the automorphism group of a locally finite polyhedral complex XX.

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@article{arxiv.math/0605303,
  title  = {Covering theory for complexes of groups},
  author = {Seonhee Lim and Anne Thomas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0605303},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

47 pages, 1 figure. Comprises Sections 1-4 of previous submission. New introduction. To appear in J. Pure Appl. Algebra